defrayal vs mercantilism

defrayal and mercantilism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defrayal	Yes	No	No	No
mercantilism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mercantilism is a hypernym of defrayal; that is, mercantilism is a word with a broader meaning than defrayal:

defrayal: the act of paying money
mercantilism: transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

Other hypernyms of defrayal include commerce, commercialism.

defrayal (noun)	mercantilism (noun)
the act of paying money	transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
	an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests